PMID: 3752640Jan 1, 1986Paper

Effects of training on human tracking of electrocutaneous signals

Annals of Biomedical Engineering
A Y Szeto, Y M Chung

Abstract

The effects of training on a person's ability to perceive, interpret and utilize information presented via the tactile sense were examined by using a dual-channel electrocutaneous tracking approach. The electrocutaneous code studied was linear pulse rate encoding of information. The stimulus had a pulse width of 200 microseconds and a pulse rate between 2 and 50 pulses per second. Three tracking tasks--visual tracking, one-dimensional electrocutaneous tracking and two-dimensional electrocutaneous tracking--were performed by 20 subjects during eight to nine daily training sessions. The effects of this training regimen were found to be highly significant for both electrocutaneous tracking tasks (p less than 0.00005). The overall average improvement between successive training sessions was 21.6% for one-dimensional electrocutaneous tracking and 22.9% for two-dimensional electrocutaneous tracking. Furthermore, the rate of improvement was fastest during the initial training sessions with a slower rate of improvement seen in most subjects beginning with their fifth session. The cumulative effects of training were also reflected in the lesser amounts of practice and review required by the subjects with each succeeding test session. Re...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1992·Annals of Biomedical Engineering·A Y Szeto, G R Farrenkopf
Jan 1, 1991·IEEE Transactions on Bio-medical Engineering·K A KaczmarekW J Tompkins
Feb 24, 2001·IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering : a Publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society·K A Kaczmarek
Aug 22, 2009·Somatosensory & Motor Research·Cecil A LozanoMarco Santello

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